Teakettle



(No Model.)

T. E. GARLIN.

TEA KBTTLE.

No. 576,806. Patented Feb. 9, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS E. OARLIN,

or BANGOR, MAINE,

TEAKETTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,806, dated February9, 1897.

Application filed April 2 0, 1 89 6.

.will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

My invention consists of an improvement in teakettles, and is designedto prevent the melting of the junction of the noses or snouts from thebody of the vessel when the Water is below the soldering by which thejunction is formed. It is fully illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of kettle with my deviceattached, all in section. Fig. 2 is an isometric view of my attachment.

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts throughout the figures.

I form an inner chamber A of the shape of an inverted cone divided fromapex to base, the side edges of which are soldered tightly to theinterior wall of the kettle in such a position as to surround theorificein the kettle through which the contents are discharged through the nose0. I further provide a funnel-shaped pocket B, having a small vent b atits tip and wrinkled or corrugated or formed with knobs on its outersurface, so as to fit loosely within the chamberA and permit the waterin the kettle-body proper to pass between the inner wall of A and theouter wall of B. The pocket B being fitted within the chamber A and thekettle partially filled with water, it is obvious that no water can bepoured out when the kettle is tilted forward except such as has passedthrough the pocket B or between the walls of A and B, and that as thekettle is tilted forward the space be- Serial No- 588,320. (No model.)

tween the walls of A andB is immediately filled with water, which willdischarge freely through the snout C, while at the same time the pocketB is also filled with water, which can discharge only very graduallythrough the vent b.

When sufficient water has been poured and the kettle restored to thehorizontal position, it is plain that whatever water remains in thechamber A and pocket 13 is prevented from returning into the kettleproper, and that as water must always seek its level the water willstand at an equal height in the chamber A, pocket B, and the snout G;and as the capacity of the pocket B and the space between the walls of Aand B, owing to their upward flare and larger size, is much greater thanthat of the snout O, and, further, owing to the slow discharge from B,the pocket B and chamber A will always remain substantially full ofwater, and the water in the pocket B and snout 0 will always protect thesoldered junction of the snout to the kettle-body proper, while that inthe chamber A will in like manner protect its soldered junction to theinner wall of the kettle-body proper.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a vessel for heating liquids and having a snout soldered to the bodyof the vessel the combination of an inner chamber surrounding theorifice communicating with the snout, and a pocket fitting looselywithin said chamber having a minute vent at its tip and having portionsonly of its outer surface in contact with the inner surface of saidchamber.

THOMAS E. CARLIN.

